Video: ACC President talks appropriate use, improving reporting
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ACC Video: Ralph Brindis, MD, MPH
President, American College of Cardiology
NEW ORLEANS--American College of Cardiology (ACC) President Ralph Brindis, MD, MPH, sits down with Cardiovascular Business to discuss how cardiovascular providers will need to embrace appropriate use criteria, as well as better collection and reporting of their data, in order to demonstrate improvement in the quality of care within clinical practice. The discussion took place at the annual ACC scientific sessions.

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